Gender pay gap report

Gender pay gap report for the reporting year 2023-24

Gender Pay gap report – written statement

In spite of some advances in recent years, employees in the bus industry are still predominantly male. This applies to both the driving workforce and the team of skilled vehicle technicians.  Reading Buses is no different to the majority in this respect.

Currently around 11% of our bus drivers are female, a figure which we have seen dwindle in the years since the pandemic.  Pre-pandemic we had reached 15% of, the driving workforce being female.

We have female employees working right across the company as drivers, and in support functions as cleaners, managers, supervisors, administrators, finance and payroll specialists, schedulers, marketing and HR.

Gender pay gap – 0% pay gap at Reading Buses!

We are pleased to report that by both mean and median measures we have a 0% gap in pay between men and women.

Bonus pay gap

The categories of employees eligible for bonus payments and operational supervisors.  Other grades of employees are not eligible for bonus payments.

49% of women working at Reading Buses were paid a bonus. 

68% of men working at Reading Buses were paid a bonus.

Pay quarters – proportion of men and women in each hourly pay quarter

Reading Buses is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to employing a balance of genders across all its employee groups. 

We are working with Women in Bus and Coach to encourage more women into bus driving an vehicle technician roles.

We continue to role model our great female employees across all of our job roles.  We celebrate International Women’s Day by highlighting some of our great women employees.

Our recruitment materials promote both women and men as role models and focus on how working as a bus driver can suit people from all different backgrounds and interests.